Ultimately Woodrow Wilson's preferred direction was not to get involved
with the internal affairs of the USA's near neighbors in Latin America.
However events unfolded that meant his governments ended up being as
interventionist as those of Teddy Roosevelt, for example occupying Haiti
and the Dominican Republic. These activities were not intended plans of
Wilson's in the way that Roosevelt set out to police Latin America but
nonetheless the impact was the same. <span />
